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Hind limb long and rather slender, the tibio-tarsal articula- 

 tion reaching the nostril or the tip of the snout, the heels overlap- 

 ping when the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 

 5 times as long as broad, if to if times in length of head and 

 body, shorter than the fore limb, a little longer than the foot. 

 Toes with discs similar to but a httle smaller than those of the 

 fingers, | webbed ; outer metatarsals separated nearl}- to the 

 base ; subarticular tubercles moderate, prominent ; no tarsal fold ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle elliptic or oval, i to § the length of the 

 inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth or finely granulate above, sometimes with a 

 few small flat warts on the back ; glandular dorso-lateral fold 

 very feebly developed and distinct only anteriorly. Lower parts 

 smooth. 



Olive-green above ; a blackish streak below the canthus ros- 

 tralis ; a blackish band on the temporal region and above the 

 shoulder, broken up into spots posteriori}^ ; sides greyish, marbled 

 with dark brown ; a whitish streak from below the eye to above 

 the arm ; limbs with more or less distinct dark cross-bands ; 

 hinder side of thighs marbled with dark brown. Brownish 

 beneath, throat dark brown, with or without small white spots. 



' ' Male with internal vocal sacs and an oval flat gland at the 

 base of the arm. 



Measurements in millimetres , of types, from Masarang. 



From snout to vent 



Head 



Width of head 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital width . . 



Tympanum 



Fore limb 



First finger 



Second finger 



Third finger 



Fourth finger 



Hind limb 



Tibia 



Foot 



Third toe 



Fourth toe 



Fifth toe 



Habitat. — Mountains of Celebes, between 3,000 and 3,joo feet. 



III. Rana graminea. 



Ra>ia graminea, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 958, p. Ixvii, fig. i. 



Vomerine teeth in short oblique series between the choanae, 

 nearer to each other than to the latter. 



Head a little longer than broad, much depressed ; snout 

 rounded, scarcely projecting beyond the mouth, as long as or a 

 little shorter than the eye ; canthus rostralis strong, loreal region 



